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SFPD investigating Zoox collision with a parked car; plus, Allbirds is closing its last brick-and-mortar store in SF
The investigation is looking into a January 17 crash where a Zoox robotaxi hit the driver's side door of a parked car, which Zoox said was "suddenly opened." Also, once symbolic of a mid-2010s San Francisco tech bro, Allbirds is cutting costs to "support the long-term health of t ... Show More
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Yesterday
Uber launches an ‘AV Labs’ division to gather driving data for robotaxi partners; plus, Luminar receives a larger $33 million bid for its lidar business
Uber is not developing its own robotaxis again; instead it plans to collect and offer data. It's a bet that more volume will help autonomous vehicle partners solve the weirdest edge cases. Also, a new leading bidder has appeared in the Luminar bankruptcy case: Redmond, Washington ... Show More
6m 55s
May 2024
Olivia Rodrigo, Drake and other Universal artists return to TikTok, T-Mobile now owns Mint, and Anthropic's Claude chatbot available on iOS
Olivia Rodrigo, Drake and other Universal artists return to TikTok, T-Mobile finally owns Ryan Reynolds-backed Mint Mobile, and Anthropic now has a Claude chatbot app for iOS. It's Thursday, May 2nd and this is Engadget News.
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8m 5s
Jan 2025
iPhone Air on the way, Amazon Prime's 'try before you buy' ending, and RIP Venu Sports
This year could bring the iPhone Air and an entry-level iPad with Apple Intelligence, Amazon Prime will no longer let clothes shoppers 'try before you buy' after this month, and RIP to the entirely hypothetical streaming service Venu Sports. It's Monday, January 13th and this is ... Show More
6m 1s
Sep 2025
Never Got Flying Cars, But We Do Have An Instagram iPad App, Finally
Mark Gurman lays out how Apple intends to jump into AI search as soon as this Spring. You’ll never guess who’s one of the biggest players in quantum computing. The Browser Company gets a soft landing, and after a decade and a half of waiting, we finally have the iPad app for Inst ... Show More
19m 43s